I don’t know if everyone got to see the solution for the vandalism problem that wikipedia chronically suffers from. The truth is, there are always going to be jackasses who think it’s funny when they write stupid things about things that aren’t stupid and try to pass them as fact… or something. Ryan North, comic artist, however, has come up with a brilliant solution to this problem. (Click to see all)
Yes, dudes know about chickens. Even funnier, however, is his manifesto concerning this issue. With the brilliant domain name, www.everytopicintheuniverseexceptchickens.com lays out the plan in full detail.
“Friends, this goal is within reach. I give you a new Wikipedia. A Wikipedia evolved, a Wikipedia that lives here in the real world. A Wikipedia that makes just one tiny concession to vandals, a concession for the greater good. I give you Wikipedia 2.0, otherwise known as Wikipedia: Every Topic In The Universe, Except Chickens (Dot Com).”
So to all the critics of the Web 2.0 (I’m talking to you, Andrew Keen), I say this: There are solutions to every problem on the internet. All we have to do is think less hard than we already are, because the solutions are pretty obvious. Come on guys, quit nay-saying and be creative for once.
November 9, 2007 at 9:38 am
Kind of a coincidence that I just posted a comment about dinosaurs and then saw this post. I wonder if he picked on chickens “just cause” or because chickens (well, birds in general) are considered descendants of dinosaurs. Hmm…